Spring Break 
I took a deep breath
My lungs filling like a birthday balloon 
 before entering the crowded room.. 
I know that I would have to brace myself.
Could this be real
 
I, unlike other playful kids, 
had never really been to one of these places
I had seen them Night in the Museum
I knew they were in storytellers
But… 
Could this be real

 Everywhere that I looked I saw something new.
 I felt like I was in a Hollywood movie
 a David Attenborough documentary,
Something that was made up.
Could this be real 

 My eyes caught a bright orange 
above my blown away head
   I looked to see what it was.
 I was shocked
Could this be real

 A stuffed orange tiger jumping
 off the open second floor overhead.
His striped flashing, a bright spotlight 
Could this be real 

He was not really jumping,
two front paws leaping off the floors edge
 My eyes then darted to a stuffed graceful giraffe
He was as tall as our house back home, maybe taller
Could this be real

 I look below the giraffes exhibit to see a colorful board 
with all kinds of cool facts about the animal in the place
It said that giraffes were 2600 Lbs.!
I then saw a stuffed rhino with a big horn coming out of his head. . 
Could this be real

My  expanding mind and my eyes could not focus. 
They were everywhere
Singing a joyful song. 
Leaning and examining each thing.
Could this be real!

I had been to a real museum. 
And not just any museum. 
No, this was the National museum of history
In the U.S capital, 
Washington D.C!
This was real!